Mapping Action Plan for Prevention and Management of Multi-Dimensional Conflicts in the Nigeria University Environment

Abstract

At the emergence of the University system in Nigeria, with the establishment of University of Ibadan in 1948, (Ajayi, 1975), conflict, of whatever dimension, from the university environment was little known. However, the socio-political and economic challenges bedeviling the country began to manifest too in the University environment leading to different categories of conflicts which became more pronounced in the last two decades. Conflicts from the University environment in Nigeria can be classified multi-dimensionally - conflicts between academic staff and University‘s authorities, conflicts between academic staff and government, conflicts between non-academic staff and University‘s authorities, conflicts between non-academic staff and government, conflicts between students and University‘s authorities, conflicts between students‘ and government, and conflicts between students and academic/non-academic staff.